The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12
BARON Won xAuLBARs.
An Insolent Coward and Great Fa-
vorite of the Cxar--Subservfent to
His Superiors, Brutal to His
W Subordfnntes.

zkaulbars, is the curious product OF n
curious type Of civilization. He is of
Finnish origin, being the descendant of
~ family as old as the basalt rocks of
Finland, family withal which has
lever hitherto prominently figured in
10 annals of Russia, albeit during the
centuries that the province formed q
mart Of Sweden the Kaulbars occupied
frequently high administrativeposts of
honor. Like the inhabitants OF the
baltic provinces even to-day, the Fin
Nnnders were wont to look upon the
Russians us semi-barbarians, cons dered
xahc annexation OF their home with the
Muscovite empire in the light OF pub
Nc calamity and degradation, and kept
=aloft from the court ut St Petersburg
and all the Danae modes of persuasion
and classification in vogue there. Tho
subject of this sketch. however, is a
man cast in different mold. From
Ais very childhood up he was cut out
1lor a mission such as Gar Alexander
III sent him on to Bulgaria. In acting
as he did during these last two troublous
months in the land of the Bulgar. he
acted strictly according to his nature,
following his own bent even more than
che instructions of his imperial master.
Gen. Kaulbars is tall, well-made man,
@of arisiocratic bearing,and appearance
marred only slightly by bureaucratic
finge in his manner and form of speech.
His exterior is slavshly modelled after
that of the present car. The cut OF
his beard and clothes, the infections of
mis- voice and number of his
stock phrases, even, are the exact
counterpart OF Alexander III. He
possesses the strictly Russian polish.
Unless circumstances make him show
his real nature, he is the pink of po-
likeness, hospitality, and good nature
He g subServient TO his super ors, po-
Tito toward his equals, and overbearing
and brutal to his interiors. He is a
great linguist possessing perfec:
knowledge OF the Swedish, Finnish,
Russian, German, and French jan
guagcs, and talks and reads a ltlc
English rs well. lIc'is wealthy and n
high LIVER and his dinners on petit
.copiie havo long ranked high with
sconnoisseurs at the Russian capital.
Ais wines especially bear e deservedly
high reputation. Withal he is not pop
ular in Russian Official circles. The in.
mate brutality of the man, though in
ordinary cases mantled. has too often
cropped out to LET him become a favor
tie Besides, his lack OF personal cour-
age. manifdsted ON several conspicuous
occasions. has earned for him no envi-
able maine with the higher class of
Russians. Although bearing the title
I OF general he has never distinguished
himself rs a soldier. and the smell of
gunpowder has rarely assailed his nos
frils As diplomatist,. too, he has
never made much of success. Grad
mated in the tortuous school OF Russian
siaiccraft, his want OF brain power
has interfered with his progress The
only special aptitude he has ever dis
played up torccently for diplomacy was
his forte as a raconteur. His. stock of
more or less spiccd anecdotes, picked
up in tho capitals of the world as well
Z - on the steppes Of Russia. is fairly IL
Iimiiablc, and it was this which first
gave him hold on the consideration
and the liberaliiy Of the present car.
During the reign of the now defunct
autocrat Of Russia Gen. Kaulbars was
kept vigorously in the. background. but
nj a court ball soon after the accession
OF tho present Gar he managed to let
his master enjoy good laugh at one of
his droll stories and henceforth his
fortune was made. He proved himself
worthy of the imperial favor by slavish
obedience and complete sacrifice of
any of his own ideas and likings when
ever they came in conflict with those of
his sovereign. The car very soor
came TO know that in Baron Kaulbars
M had found a man only too ready TO
do aaght 10 gain his approval. and it
was this knowledge probably which
made him select this man for a mis-
son SO disiastciul to any one gifted
with scnsibiliics and degree Of COM
anon fairness. How we'll his emissary
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